"scenery-chewer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scenery-chewers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scenery-chewer (plural scenery-chewers)
  1. (slang) One who "chews the scenery", performing melodramatically or flamboyantly. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-scenery-chewer-en-noun-SDfcd0Kz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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